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Dr Johnson & Mrs Thrale's Tour in North Wales, 1774 Adrian Bristow ISBN 1-872424-49-X In the summer of 1774 Dr Samuel Johnson and his close friends, Mr and Mrs Thrale, travelled into north Wales, accompanied by the Thrale's eldest daughter, Queeny. Their journey had two purposes. Mrs Thrale wanted to take possession of her family estate of Bachygraig, which she had recently inherited, in the Vale of Clwyd. She was also particularly anxious to show Johnson the splendours of north Wales where she had spent much of her early life. The previous year, Johnson had travelled widely in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles with Boswell and his appetite for travel remained keen even at the age of 64. Their expedition to north Wales eventually turned into a tour lasting well over two months. Both kept diaries of their travels, though neither was meant for publication, and Mrs Thrale's is a very lively and caustic account of their tour. In this book their diaries are accompanied by extensive notes on places, persons and houses visited, and are illustrated by prints, photographs and sketch maps of their wanderings. This is the first time that these diaries have been published together in th

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Author

Samuel Johnson; Adrian Bristow; Hester Lynch Piozzi

Publisher

Wrexham: Bridge Books

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781872424491

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, History, Travel

Updated

2026-03-25